S.Amdt. 2873

SA 2873. Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. Specter, and Mr. Feingold) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. 1585, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

After section 1058, insert the following:

SEC. 1059. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED FORCES.

(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the “Equal Justice for United States Military Personnel Act of 2007”.

(b) In General.--Section 1259 of title 28, United States Code, is amended--

(1) in paragraph (3), by inserting “or denied” after “granted”; and

(2) in paragraph (4), by inserting “or denied” after “granted”.

(c) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--Section 867a(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking “The Supreme Court may not review by a writ of certiorari under this section any action of the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces in refusing to grant a petition for review.”.